Leadership Team

Pat Shea

President

Pat has more than 25 years of real estate leadership and sales experience in the Greater Sacramento Region. Under his leadership as president and COO, Lyon Real Estate has maintained the number one independent residential real estate brokerage ranking in the four-county area. Pat launched the Lyon Cares Foundation in 2015 with the mission of offering time, talent and treasure to local nonprofits that make our community a better place. From 2016-2018, the Lyon Cares Foundation awarded more than $400,000 in grants. Annually since 2015, Pat has been named one of the most powerful people in residential real estate in the Swanepoel Power 200. In 2016, Pat was chosen to receive the coveted Leadership Award, presented by Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, a global network of more than 565 companies in 50 countries.

Pat serves on the Board of Directors of the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, the California Real Estate Brokers Inc. (CREB), MetroList, Inc., and the Broker Public Portal, LLC. Pat earned the "Outstanding Life Member" designation from the Sacramento Association of Realtors Masters Club while practicing as an agent. Pat's wife, Eileen continues their highly productive sales business at Lyon. They are also very proud to join Lyon agents in the many community and charitable endeavors they support on a daily basis. Pat holds a B.S.B.A. from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Read More

Michael Levedahl

Chief Financial Officer

Michael is a licensed California CPA with over 30 years of financial and operations experience in the real estate industry. Prior to joining Lyon Real Estate, Michael served as Chief Financial Officer for one of the largest privately-owned residential brokerages in the nation with over 2,000 sales agents in California, Nevada and Texas. Michael has also held the positions of Chief Operating Officer for a national residential and commercial property inspection company, and Divisional Vice President of Operations for a major international real estate franchising company. Michael is a graduate of the University of California, Haas School of Business.

Read More

David Wilson

Chief Technology Officer

Dave is a senior technology executive with over 25 years of technical and operations experience. He has held senior technology positions within the automotive, technology, staffing, and the real estate sectors and has consistently made quantifiable process improvements, built software and led successful service-oriented teams in complex environments. Dave consistently offers a strong blend of hands-on skills, an analytic approach to strategic planning and demonstrated strengths in customer relationship building and service. He has championed many technology projects and has transformed Technology divisions within three companies into valuable business partners through strong team-building and staff development. Dave has demonstrated the ability to work as a consultative member of any senior management team, effectively communicating complex technology subjects to gain support for their implementation. In this manner, Dave has transformed the IT function into a key contributor to organizational success through periods of stability as well as change in business direction.

Read More

Herb Cross

Director of Property Management

Herb is a seasoned real estate associate, who during his 25-year career with Lyon Real Estate, has served in leadership positions as the Office Manager of West Sacramento, Woodland, Davis, and Dixon offices. In 2013, Herb was appointed Director of the Property Management Division of Lyon Real Estate. He now supervises the individual property managers in all Lyon offices and establishes the policies and procedures for the property management division. Herb holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science and a teaching credential from UC Davis. He served as President of the Yolo County Association of Realtors in 1986 and was named Realtor of the Year for Yolo County in 1982. Herb's involvement in the real estate industry includes serving as a Director for the California Association of Realtors from 1982-1993, liaison to the state legislature for CAR, and chair for the Davis division of the Yolo County Association of Realtors. Herb is currently a member of the Governmental Affairs Committee for the Rental Housing Association.

Read More

Cathy Harrington

Director of Marketing

Cathy is a senior marketing executive with over 20 years of diversified real estate marketing and public relations experience. She has held several positions within the industry, including residential real estate services, commercial leasing, investment real estate brokerage, and online real estate. She got her start working in public relations. As part of Lyon Real Estate’s leadership team, she guides the company’s corporate marketing strategy, which encompasses brand management, online media, collateral development, emerging technology initiatives, philanthropy, event management and public relations. Cathy holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature from U.C. Berkeley.

Read More

Sara Baty

Controller

Sara joined Lyon Real Estate as a Staff Accountant in 2002 and has steadily worked her way up to Controller. Sara has over 15 years of accounting experience and manages the day-to-day operations of Lyon’s accounting department including commission processing, accounts payable and receivables, general ledger functions, monthly financial statement preparation and annual budget production. Sara is a hands-on leader, focused on promoting teamwork to provide excellent customer service to co-workers, clients and agents. Sara is a Sacramento native and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting with a minor in Criminal Justice from California State University, Sacramento.

Read More

Heidi Wilson

Director of Office Support Services

Heidi works with the managers and office support staff to ensure that all components of the company’s value proposition are being delivered effectively, consistently and passionately to our agents every day. Employing her business development skills and transaction management experience, she works with office managers to maximize agent utilization of our professional transaction management services across the company. She also supervises, trains, and evaluates 17 transaction coordinators. Heidi began her career in residential real estate as a practicing real estate agent before transitioning into transaction management with a top independent company. Heidi holds a bachelor degree from Saint Mary's College.

Read More

Janet Hubbard

Director of Relocation

Janet works with relocation management companies, human resources, and brokerages around the globe to match clients with the right agents based upon their needs. She supervises and trains agents on how to manage corporate relocation transactions and broker referrals. Janet and her team have been recognized by Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® with the Crown of Excellence and are consistently in the top 1% in inbound and outbound referral production. She serves as a presenter and panelist at LeadingRE workshops because of her experience and her team's success. Janet began her career in talent recruitment for a Fortune 500 company.